Chrisser

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"September 11th was 25 years ago" -- Ted Cruz defends Trump lying about his response to 9/11 but suggesting he might not remember because it was so long ago

Trump today made up story that he was at Ground Zero on 9/11. This is stolen valor. He was NOT there. Yet corporate media covers it by saying "there is no evidence to back up Trump's claims." No the right way to put is that Trump LIED!! www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...

Trump Makes Wild New Claim in Rambling Remarks About Visiting 9/11 Rubble

For years, President Donald Trump has made unfounded claims about his activities on Sept. 11, 2001 and the days to follow. On Tuesday, he added a new element to a previous debunked claim.

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When Pete Hegseth polled top commanders about cutting a program designed to protect civilians during military operations, he bet they’d back his view that the program was “woke” and out of step with “maximum lethality,” officials told ProPublica. Instead, every commander rebuffed the idea.

Top Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway.

The U.S. military has killed hundreds of noncombatants since gutting its Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response mission last year. After significant blowback, the Defense Department is considering part...

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Anchorage Police Dept lowest use-of-force year on record: still 3x Portland's rate. Still 2.5x Seattle's. In a city with lower crime than both. Alaska Native people are 7% of Anchorage's population. They're 45% of everyone APD put hands on. The audit dropped. Read it. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

City releases sweeping outside audit of use of force by Anchorage police

The audit, which covered a 4 1/2-year period, found the department’s tally of use-of-force incidents was higher than Seattle, Portland or New Orleans.

adn.com

The Missouri Supreme Court has unanimously blocked new congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump from being used in the November election and ordered a statewide vote on whether to uphold or reject the new map. https://to.pbs.org/466mk2E

Missouri court blocks Trump-backed U.S. House map and orders it to be put to a vote

Republicans had hoped Missouri’s new congressional boundaries could help them win an additional seat and hold onto their slim House majority in the midterms.

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If you've been paying attention to the news recently, you may be wondering: what's going on in City Hall? What you might not have heard is that we are doing the work and getting real results for Seattle residents.

Flock cameras are unconstitutional because their automated license plate readers continuously track and log vehicle movements into a searchable nationwide database without a warrant. Rulings like Carpenter v. US require warrants for digital tracking technologies like cell-phone location data.

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With the recent promising successes in mRNA technology defeating pancreatic and now glioblastoma (brain cancer), it’s looking like anti-vaxxers may be the only ones that will die from these diseases soon. Dolly Parton backed mRNA research. This may end up being her greatest gift. #science

The NYT lost the Pulitzer for their transphobic podcast series with Azeen Ghorayshi to Pablo Torre and his reporting on the Clippers. They're salty about it so of course they're not going to properly credit him.

Screenshot of an X (Twitter) post by journalist Julie K. Brown (@jkbjournalist) criticizing coverage by The New York Times and The Athletic.
​The post text reads:
"It is shameful that @nytimes @TheAthletic buried the fact that the biggest punishment in NBA history was the result of an investigation by journalist @PabloTorre. And to call it the result of a 'podcast episode' is a further slap in the face. He won a Pulitzer for this story and they call it an 'episode' instead of, at the outset -- crediting him with exposing this scandal. Really really lame."
​Below the text, the timestamp shows "8:18 AM · Sep 3, 2026 · 32.7K Views".

As we elders, our daughters, and our granddaughters continue the fight for power, equality, and respect, we hold you in our hearts with love and gratitude. Rest in peace and power, Gloria Steinem. 🤍

Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)

She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.

nytimes.com